Add Title w/ Transparent background

Earlier today I learned through the list how to add a title to the entire length of a movie.
Now I'm trying to figure out how to have this title (URL actually) added without a background to the title (transparent background so all your that shows up on the screen are the letters).
I created the text in photoshop (with transparent background) and am experimenting with it.
Several formats have worked fine as long as I'm wanting a background to my text (for a "stripe subtitle" look), but the only format that has worked for getting a transparent background has been .gif
Am I doing something wrong?
The .gif hasn't been very clear, so I'm hoping that another format will work.
Any hints would be appreciated.
Luke

Make your file in .png format.
Set the dimensions as close as possible to what will be used in your video so you'll only need to position it in the Movie Properties window.
Set an "alpha" channel for the background color and don't "anti-alias" the text portion to help reduce "jaggies".
Open this file with QuickTime Pro and copy it. Make a selection on your video (in and out points) and choose "Add to Selection & Scale" (Edit menu).
Open the Movie Properties window, highlight the new Video track and click the Visual Settings tab.
Set the "Offset" to position it over your video. In the lower left of the Visual Settings window is a menu for Transparency. Choose "Straight Alpha" and use Save As to complete your file.
The .gif format is not the right choice because it is only 8 bit color.
I used text tracks and QuickTime Pro version 6 in most of my videos. It allows me to set transparency colors where version 7 has left them out:
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/Lemon_Trees/index.html

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Exporting title with transparent background

I'm using Premier Pro CS3 and want to export a title but have the background transparent. I'm sure there is a simple way to do this but don't know how. I'm trying to import this title file into another editor so I can see my underlying video but it's just black with the white title. I'm trying to prevent having to retype the rather lengthy title. I'm thinking this has something to do with alpha but I can't figure out how to make it work. Any help is appreciated.

In CS4, you can export a movie with an alpha channel that will allow you to superimpose that movie over background video in another application. I'm not positive that this is possible with CS3, but this thread at Creative Cow suggests that it's possible. Just put your title on track V1, with nothing in the background, and try the steps outlined there.
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Live Type needs to Render the Movie, (cmd-R) before you can export the movie.
Although when you render the movie it gets exported as a .mov in the animation codec which has the alpha channel that allows you to place your titles over photos.
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no nothing
2. Check the Include Transparency check box when you choose the
QuickTime export
3. Choose Custom from the formats pop-up
4. Click the Settings button
5. Choose Animation or PNG from the pop-up (it probably says Sorenson)
6. Choose Millions of Colors+ from the depth pop-up
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Last edited by mfaridi (2013-07-21 10:32:02)

Titel with transparent background - how to do? PE-10

Hi,
When I make a title it shows clearly transparent over my video-picture - as desired - in the preview window.
When I share this video the title has black background and so the background video-picture is not visible.
What am I possibly doing wrongly?
Regards,
Koen

Koen,
When you chose Title>New Title, you WERE working in the Titler. Unless some of the Panels in Titler have been closed (do not think that PrE allows for much of this, but in PrPro, the Titler has separate Panels, that CAN be closed, if chosen), you should see a little Toolbar, and then the Styles Panel.
Here is a look at Titler from PrE 4.0. It should look very similar in later versions of PrE. Note that the Video at the point of the CTI (Current Time Indicator) shows through below the Title, that I am working on here (Title>New Title>Default Still, which has not been modified yet). If the CTI was on a section of the Timeline, with no Video, the "field" behind the Title would be blank, hence seen as black.
In the case of your Title, I see the same issue on the ends of the Text string, plus it appears that some Effect is being applied near the bottom of the characters.
If I understand what you want for the end result, a Title that comes in (I would use a Cross-Dissolve Transition at the beginning), and then stays on screen, as the Video fades out, then fades out itself, I would remove all Effects and Animations, like the Fade In, or Fade Out, and anything else applied to that Title. With the Title on a Video Track above the Video (on Video Track 1), that fades out via the Opacity Keyframe. Then, add a Cross-Dissolve Transition to the Head of the Title, and one at the Tail also. Note: since the Video will have already faded to black by the Tail of the Title, you could also use a Dip-to-Black, instead of the Cross-Dissolve, but the visual effect should be the same, since everything below that Title has already faded to black via the Opacity Keyframing.
The Duration of those Cross-Dissolves will be per the default, Edit>Preferences>General>Default Still Duration, but remember, you can adjust that Duration to suit by click-dragging on the Transition. Just be careful that you click-drag ON the Transition and not on the Title (or Clip) - can be a bit tough, if one has a high-rez monitor, so click-drag carefully. If you have clicked on the Title, or the Clip, just Ctrl+Z to Undo and try again.
I personally find the Title Animation Presets to be a bit limiting, so seldom use those. They are quick, but limiting.
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Hunt

Illustrator cc image looks pixelated after saving with transparent background

as the title states; image looks pixelated after saving with transparent background...
i created a logo in adobe illustrator cc and i wanted to saved it for web in order to be able to copy and paste the logo where ever I wanted but the image looks extremely pixelated after saving as an png, and for web. Is there a solution for this?
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you!!
Jon

What DPI did you save as:
You should always save as 300dpi, then you can always reduce the size as needed.
Another thing, don't copy and paste, that always causes that Problem.
In Acrobat you should open Tools Menu click on Content Editing the Add Image.
Then click on image and choose Properties and place where you want and size as you desire.

Is it possible to get transparent background when exporting to PDF?

When exporting a document to PDF, Pages turns the background white instead of keeping it transparent. I need it to be transparent. Can anyone tell me what to do to fix this?
When I print a document I use stationary that is in my printer. When I want to send the document by email I need to combine my text with my stationary (on the same page). In CS4 InDesign this is really easy with switching layers on/off, but I don't want to use InDesign for my wordprocessing, but Pages. In Pages I can add a background, but I can't switch it on/off. So now I use AcrobatPro 9 to combine my text document with my stationary, adding it as a watermark or background. This does not work with documents I made in Pages since Pages makes the background of a document WHITE when it exports to pdf. Instead it needs to be TRANSPARENT.
By the way: MS-Word gets it right: it keeps the background transparent when making a pdf. But I don't want to go back to Word, I just want Pages to do it right...
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Hi marchaarman
Pages has an odd behavior, it actually puts 2 white backgrounds in the back of its documents.
This confounds Acrobat which inserts watermarks in front of the 1st background but sandwiched under the 2nd.
MsWord does not actually make a transparent background it just makes the 1 white background, or whatever the paper color may be.
If you want your watermark, you will need to add it in Pages, possibly as a master object in a section template that you can eliminate or add as you want.
Peter

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hi,
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what i'm doing now is
1-drawing my image on a panel
2-creating a 2nd image using the frame's filename, stretching this 'frame-image' to a size slighlty larger than that of my main image and drawing the 'frame-image'
the problems with this method are:
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OR
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Have you looked into the Border interface? If what you really want to do
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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Example extends JComponent {
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    private BufferedImage foregroundImage;
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        this.backgroundImage = backgroundImage;
        this.foregroundImage = foregroundImage;
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        int h = backgroundImage.getHeight();
        return new Dimension(w, h); //assuming this is bigger
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        super.paintComponent(g);
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        int h = getHeight();
        //paint both, centred
        int x0 = (w-backgroundImage.getWidth())/2, y0 = (h-backgroundImage.getHeight())/2;
        g.drawImage(backgroundImage, x0, y0, null);
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        g.drawImage(foregroundImage, x1, y1, null);
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        URL url1 = new URL("http://weblogs.java.net/jag/Image54-large.jpeg");
        URL url2 = new URL("http://weblogs.java.net/jag/DukeSaltimbanqueSmall.jpeg");
        JComponent comp = new Example(ImageIO.read(url1), ImageIO.read(url2));
        final JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(comp);
        f.pack();
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
            public void run() {
                f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                f.setVisible(true);
}

QuickTime with Transparent Background

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and I want the background to be transparent. Under Publish
Settings, I have
the following:
ALPHA: Alpha-transparent
Layer: Auto
And checked the Flatten (Make self-contained).
However when I import the file into another application-
Apple�s Motion, I
get a white background- which is what I have originally. Am I
doing
something wrong?
I even check the track in QT Pro and set the Movie Properties
but it is not
becoming transparent. I appreciate any tips on it.
Thank you.
Kelvin
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I've never gotten it to work either. I usually set the
background to something not used in the animation, like bright
green, and then composite the video. I've never used Motion, so I
don't know if this is possible.

Unable to open a new page with transparent background.

I must have hit something (or maybe several things), because suddenly I can't open a new page in Photoshop (CS2). I can see it's picking up the white background color (from the lower left corner of the tool menu), but I can't figure out how to change it. Also noticed that my camera is suddenly automatically savings pix as jpgs (instead of tiffs) which I think I read somewhere prevents removing the white background color . . . but even if I start by trying to create an empty transparent background and pasting my graphic into it (which is what I usually do), it still loads as a white one.
After fighting with the software for the past 2 hours, maybe I'm just too confused to see the obvious. I do know how to get a transparent background when all is running smoothly. (Have been doing it for years, without running into problems.) It's figurng out what the problem is tonight that has me running in circles. The answer probably is staring me in the face, but if it is, I can't see it. I need help . . . PLEASE!

Yes. When I select all and edit/clear the screen stays white.
Unfortuantely, it alsois not allowing me to grab a screen shot. I've tried both keystrokes and "Grab" (in Application Utilities.)
But the image in the layers panel is easy to describe.
1) When I open a new PS document and click on transparent, the icon is a small rectangle with a double line border that has a white space midway on each side.
Whether it is active or hidden, the box next to it just says "layer 1" (i.e., not background.
In this mode, the Transparency & Gamut settings show the following:
Grid Size Medium
Grid Colors Light
Below that are 2 empty boxes
In the bottom section, Gamut Warning shows a darkened out Square. A both ends of the Opacity bar (1% and 100%) it remains unchanged.
When I add an image, it does not add a layer. The icon just changes to a thumbnail of the image.
If I don't change them, the Transparency & Gamut pane remains unchanged.
point, I'm running out of time, so would switch to that other Adobe Application (with fewer options and tools, which came on the same disk as another Adobe graphic program ), but can't search for it on my computer because I don't remember it's name. But since it's not in the application folder, if it was not compatible with System 10, I may have removed it. By any chance do you know which application I'm referring to?

How can i rotate a PNG photo and keep the transparent background?

current i use this method to rotate a photo, but the transparent background is lost.
what can I do ?
public CreateRotationPhoto(String photofile,String filetype,int rotation_value,String desfile){
 File fileIn = new File(photofile);
 if (!fileIn.exists()) {
 System.out.println(" file not exists!");
 return;
 try {
 InputStream input = new FileInputStream(fileIn);
 JPEGImageDecoder decoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGDecoder(input);
 BufferedImage imageSrc = decoder.decodeAsBufferedImage();
 int width = imageSrc.getWidth();
 int height = imageSrc.getHeight();
 BufferedImage src = ImageIO.read(input);
 int width = src.getWidth(); //?????
 int height = src.getHeight(); //?????
 Image img = src.getScaledInstance(width, height,
 Image.SCALE_FAST);
 BufferedImage bi;
 int fill_width=0;
 int fill_height=0;
 if (rotation_value==1||rotation_value==3){
 bi = new BufferedImage(height, width,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
 fill_width=height;
 fill_height=width;
 else{
 bi = new BufferedImage(width,height,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
 fill_height=height;
 fill_width=width;
 //BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
 input.close();
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 //File fileOut = new File("c:/Host1.PNG");
 OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(fileOut);
 JPEGImageEncoder encoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(output);
 JPEGEncodeParam param = encoder.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(bi);
 param.setQuality(0.90f, false);
 encoder.setJPEGEncodeParam(param);
 Graphics2D biContext =bi.createGraphics();
 biContext.setColor(Color.white);
 biContext.fillRect(0,0,fill_width,fill_height);
 int frame_width,frame_height;
 if (rotation_value==1||rotation_value==3){
 frame_width=height;
 frame_height=width;
 }else{
 frame_width=width;
 frame_height=height;
 int x=0,y=0;
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 x=frame_width;
 y=frame_height;
 if (rotation_value==0){
 x=frame_width;
 y=frame_height;
 if (rotation_value==1){
 x=frame_height;
 y=frame_height;
 if (rotation_value==3){
 x=frame_width;
 y=frame_width;
 double rotate=0;
 if (rotation_value==0){
 rotate=Math.PI *2;
 if (rotation_value==1){
 rotate=Math.PI / 2;
 if (rotation_value==2){
 rotate=Math.PI;
 if (rotation_value==3){
 rotate=Math.PI*1.5;
 int x=0,y=0;
 if (rotation_value==2){
 x=width;
 y=height;
 if (rotation_value==1){
 x=height;
 y=height;
 if (rotation_value==3){
 x=width;
 y=width;
 double rotate=0;
 if (rotation_value==1){
 rotate=Math.PI / 2;
 if (rotation_value==2){
 rotate=Math.PI;
 if (rotation_value==3){
 rotate=Math.PI*1.5;
 System.out.println(Integer.toString(x)+"|x|"+Integer.toString(y)+"|y|"+Double.toString(rotate));
 biContext.rotate(rotate, x / 2, y / 2);
 biContext.drawImage(src, 0, 0, null);
 biContext.dispose();
 System.out.println("123123123123");
 try{
 ImageIO.write(bi, filetype, output);
 //ImageIO.write(bi, filetype, "c:/Host.PNG");
 output.close();
 }catch (IOException e) {
 System.err.println(e);
 // encoder.encode(bi);
 //output.close();
 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }

Using this BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB for the type will eliminate any transparency in
your image. Try BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB.
Image file: Bird.gif
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class Rotate implements ChangeListener
 BufferedImage image;
 JLabel label;
 JSlider slider;
 public Rotate(BufferedImage orig)
 // make transparent background
 Color toErase = new Color(248, 248, 248, 255);
 image = eraseColor(convertImage(orig), toErase);
 public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e)
 int value = slider.getValue();
 double theta = Math.toRadians(value);
 BufferedImage rotated = getImage(theta);
 label.setIcon(new ImageIcon(rotated));
 private BufferedImage getImage(double theta)
 double cos = Math.cos(theta);
 double sin = Math.sin(theta);
 int w = image.getWidth();
 int h = image.getHeight();
 int width = (int)(Math.abs(w * cos) + Math.abs(h * sin));
 int height = (int)(Math.abs(w * sin) + Math.abs(h * cos));
 BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(width, height, image.getType());
 Graphics2D g2 = bi.createGraphics();
 g2.setPaint(new Color(0,0,0,0));
 g2.fillRect(0,0,width,height);
 AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(theta, width/2, height/2);
 double x = (width - w)/2;
 double y = (height - h)/2;
 at.translate(x, y);
 g2.drawRenderedImage(image, at);
 g2.dispose();
 return bi;
 private BufferedImage convertImage(BufferedImage in)
 GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
 GraphicsDevice gd = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
 GraphicsConfiguration gc = gd.getDefaultConfiguration();
 BufferedImage out = gc.createCompatibleImage(in.getWidth(), in.getHeight(),
 Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
 Graphics2D g2 = out.createGraphics();
 g2.drawImage(in, 0, 0, null);
 g2.dispose();
 return out;
 private BufferedImage eraseColor(BufferedImage source, Color color)
 int w = source.getWidth();
 int h = source.getHeight();
 int type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;
 BufferedImage out = new BufferedImage(w, h, type);
 Graphics2D g2 = out.createGraphics();
 g2.setPaint(new Color(0,0,0,0));
 g2.fillRect(0,0,w,h);
 int target = color.getRGB();
 for(int j = 0; j < w*h; j++)
 int x = j % w;
 int y = j / w;
 if(source.getRGB(x, y) == target)
 source.setRGB(x, y, 0);
 g2.drawImage(source, 0, 0, null);
 g2.dispose();
 return out;
 private JLabel getLabel()
 label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
 return label;
 private JSlider getSlider()
 slider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 0, 360, 0);
 slider.addChangeListener(this);
 return slider;
 public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
 String path = "images/Bird.gif";
 ClassLoader cl = Rotate.class.getClassLoader();
 InputStream is = cl.getResourceAsStream(path);
 Rotate rotate = new Rotate(ImageIO.read(is));
 JFrame f = new JFrame();
 f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 f.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.pink);
 f.getContentPane().add(rotate.getLabel());
 f.getContentPane().add(rotate.getSlider(), "South");
 f.setSize(400,400);
 f.setLocation(200,200);
 f.setVisible(true);
}

Creating PDFs from documents with graphics having transparent background

I came across this problem when making PDFs of PowerPoint presentations but I have found that the same thing happens in Word.
PDFs created from documents containing graphics having transparent backgrounds end up being very large (usually much larger than the source documents) and rendering slowly on the screen. The graphics are either JPGs with background set as transparent using the Set Transparent Color tool on the picture toolbar in MS Office applicatons, or PNGs that already have transparent backgrounds when inserted in the document. PDFs made from the same documents in which the graphics do not have transparent backgrounds are much smaller and render more quickly.
When I try to select the graphics in the resulting PDFs using the Touch-up Object tool, I find that each graphic is actually made up of many individual graphic lines. Graphics without a transparent background select as a single object.
I have tried several PDF creation tools and all kinds of settings but nothing seems to make much of a difference. The only way I can get a reasonable file size is to reduce resolution in the PDF creation settings to the point that they are unacceptable.
This happens to me in the following applications:
* MS Word 2003
* MS PowerPoint 2003
I have tried these PDF creation tools:
* Acrobat 7 Pro
* JAWS PDF Creator 3.60
* Bullzip PDF Printer 6.0
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution?
Thanks.

Well we can color this one solved. What I figured out I can do is have the application tell Word to print-to-file using an Apple LaserWriter (or other PostScript) printer, and put the resulting file in a folder that is being watched by Distiller. Distiller then converts the PS document to PDF and I'm in business.
So no change in the user process, and no need to crack open a new API and add it to the existing application. Works for me.
Thanks to all for the suggestions and specific links and other information of interest...

Transparent background

This may be a simple question (I hope), but how can I make the background in a presentation transparent. I want to convert it to a Quicktime presentation to put on a website, but need the background to be transparent in the Quicktime.
Is there a way to do that?
Thanks,
Todd

Can you cheat?
Export the movie with the transparent background, as you've already done. Then get clever.
If you have some control over what's where on your web page, copy the background that the video clip *will have* once it is imposed on the web page. Using QuickTime Pro, add that background as a background layer to the video (select the whole video, then do "add scaled", then adjust the layer positioning in the video properties). Re-encode the whole thing, flattening the video to a single layer encoded with H.264 or MPEG-4 or whatever you're using. Don't forget to leave the frame rate set at "Best" or "Current" so that you get Keynote's space-saving tactic. If all goes well, when you embed the video onto the web page, it will appear to have the transparent background, but will in fact have the same background as the rest of the web page.
It's just an idea... 8-)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Can't get photo with transparent background to show up that way

I'm quite new to PSE (using ver. 6) so thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
I have a photo, and have made the background transparent, and saved it as a GIF file. When opened, it shows up with the checkered background. Good so far.
When I drag this photo from the Project Bin at the bottom (where I still see the checkerd background) into the image I'm working on, it shows up with a solid gray background once dropped into that image. So in essence, the background is no longer transparent.
How do I add this photo with the transparent background to the image I'm working on without a background / frame showing up? I've combed the internet and can't find an answer, and searching this forum, still coming up empty. I think the problem has to do with dragging it from the project bin. How else can I get it into the image I'm working on?
Thanks!
Kevin

In PSE 6, dragging up from the project bin creates a special kind of passthrough layer. Copy/paste, or drag it down from the gif's image window into the other file in the project bin instead.

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